Free Culture @ NYU

Today is the main event of OneWeb Day! Anyone interested should check it out…especially NYU’ers, since it’s right on campus!

Where: Washington Square Park, Teen Plaza (SE part of the park)

When: Monday, 9/22/2008, 11:45am to 2pm

Who: Moderator Sree Sreenivasan (Columbia Journalism & WNBC-TV), plus Tim Westergren (Pandora), Prof. Lawrence Lessig (Stanford), Craig Newmark (craigslist), Dharma Dailey (Ethos Group), City Councilwoman Hon. Gale A. Brewer, John Perry Barlow, Andrew Baron (Rocketboom), SJ Klein (OLPC), Jonathan Zittrain (Harvard), others.

What: FREE event

Who should attend: Anyone who likes the internet and its transformative effect on human lives

Purpose of this event: To initiate an environmental movement for the internet. The theme this year: online participation in democracy. The internet is under pressure around the world - inadequate connectivity, censorship, huge digital divides threaten its future. This rally is designed to raise awareness of these issues and to help us focus on how the internet has changed democratic involvement in America.

Also, we have another event upcoming, “Wikis Take Manhattan.” It’s a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest aimed at illustrating Wikipedia and StreetsWiki articles covering sites and street features in Manhattan and across the five boroughs of New York City. The event is based on last year’s Wikipedia Takes Manhattan, and has evolved to include StreetsWiki this year as well. For more information, check out http://www.livablestreets.com/projects/wikis_take_manhattan/project-home.

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